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Destruction of a Malignant Skin Growth

Indiana rates for HCPCS 17272

A provider destroys a cancerous (malignant) skin growth using a method like freezing, burning, or chemical treatment, rather than cutting it out and stitching the area closed. This approach treats a moderate-sized growth. It's a quicker option than surgical excision for lesions that are suitable for this kind of treatment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Destruction of a Malignant Skin Growth cost?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $3,890 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$158$120 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,890$2,455 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $182 to $8,318Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $100 to $263
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,890professional $158

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$234.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$218.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$269.15
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$269.15

Where Indiana sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in Alaska than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Indiana· 41st of 51

$182

AK $380DC $158

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.